[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [廣弘明集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103) › 9.59 # 廣弘明集 9.59 廣弘明集 9.59 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9.59) 臣笑曰。神仙傳云。吳郡沈義白日登仙。四百年後還家。說云。初上天時欲見天帝。尊貴不可見。遂先見太上。在正殿坐。男女侍數百人。如此狀明。則知太上劣於天帝矣。言大上尊貴治在眾天之上者妄也。今據九天生神章。太上住在玄都宮也。其玉清宮在玄都之上。何重宮復在玉清之上。便高玄都兩重矣。而老子云。太上治在眾天之上者。何謬如斯。 > Your servant laughs and says: The Shenxian zhuan states that Shen Yi of Wu commandery ascended as an immortal in broad daylight. Four hundred years later, he returned home and recounted: 'When I first ascended to heaven, I wished to see the Heavenly Emperor, but he was so venerable and noble that he could not be seen. Thereupon I first met the Supreme, who was seated in the main hall with several hundred male and female attendants.' Given this clear account, one knows that the Supreme is inferior to the Heavenly Emperor. To say that the Supreme is venerable and noble and reigns above all heavens is absurd. Now, according to the Jiutian shengshen zhang, the Supreme dwells in the Palace of the Mysterious Metropolis (Xuandu). The Palace of Jade Purity is above Xuandu; what palace is again above Jade Purity? It is already two levels higher than Xuandu. Yet Laozi says that the Supreme reigns above all heavens—how could there be such an error? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9.58) - [Next: 9.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9.60) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103~en-mt.9.59) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9.59) · Pramāṇa